St. Louis probes death threats against CEMA chief after tornado siren failure; Mayor places the chief on paid leave.

A city official has been suspended and residents are still reeling after a deadly tornado tore through St. Louis, killing ...

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer placed CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell on leave after a failure to activate tornado warnings, ...

One week since a deadly EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis, killing five and injuring dozens, city officials have pointed to ...

ST. LOUIS, MO. Today, Mayor Cara Spencer is moving to place CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave ...

"Typically you don't see funding go up until you've had an incident and a big incident and a life-costing incident," Russell said in a May 6 budget meeting.

Mayor Cara Spencer has placed City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave pending an ...

Asking one person to be a specialist in all of emergency management is a monumental task and does not set us up for success,” Sarah Russell said in a 2024 audit.

The decision to put Russell on paid administrative leave comes as an external investigation is launched into the actions of ...

Emergency Management Commissioner Sarah Russell was placed on paid administrative leave pending an external investigation ...

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley flew into St. Louis on Monday and headed to the 4200 block of Kossuth Avenue, an especially hard-hit ...

"I cannot move on from this without providing accountability and ensuring that our emergency management is in trusted hands." ...